“ | (chuckles) Check this out. (chuckles) [Injury frontline.] Hello? [Can I help you?] Uh, yes. (chuckles) I've been injured. [You have?] Yeah, I've got a big crack in my butt. (chuckles for a while) That was cool. | „ |
~ Butt-Head prank calling the injury hotline. |
“ | Come on, it was just for fun! I mean, so you got a little bit of egg on your face, right? Nobody got hurt! | „ |
~ Josh Washington's reasoning for the prank on his friends (determinant). |
Mischievous Villains or Instigators are evildoers who are playful, misbehaved, disrespectful, and/or childish, as they do not always seek outright harm on others but like to cause trouble where ever they go. Their crimes are more harmless stuff like stealing and littering, which means they aren't real threats to society in the same way a heroic rapscallion can be. If they do cross the line, they are likely to feel remorseful instead of just sadistic. Examples are Dark Truder, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and Megamind.
Mischievous villains are not meant to be taken too seriously (and don't even try to be); therefore, they cannot count as Pure Evil, even if Pure Evil characters act "mischievous" in a much more dangerous and lethal manner (e.g. Junko Enoshima, William Wharton, Henry Evans, Dimentio, Dr. Robotnik, Green Goblin, Bill Cipher, Lucas Baker, Ghirahim, Randall Boggs, Dick Hardly, Dr. James Sheridan, William Afton (Films) and most versions of The Joker).
However, mischievous villains can still be psychopaths/sociopaths or even have zero redeeming factors if they are at least partly serious, serve as a formidable antagonistic force and often engage in high mischief and misdemeanor action (e.g. Eric Cartman, Alie Peters, and Baron Bomburst).
Even if they are not Pure Evil, please DO NOT add villains who simply make sneaky smiles a lot, taunt/mock/tease their foes in a silly way at times or come off with sinister prank surprises, as this DOES NOT automatically mean that they are mischievous by default (e.g. Black Hat, Ercole Visconti, Aku, Oogie Boogie, Red Skull, Fawful, Dr. Kamikazi, Gallaxhar, Audrey II, Jevil, Loki, Professor Ratigan, Chris McLean, and Azula) as some of them can commit crimes too heinous to fit in this category since they would be played for total horror instead of laughs. These villains may instead go under Faux Affably Evil, Trickster, Sadists, and/or Thrill-Seekers if they're depicted in a more serious light.
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- Dark Phantom (Villainous)
- Dark Truder
- Darkrow
- Darnell (Pico's School)
- Darío & Ernesto
- Dave (Total Drama)
- David A. Dimaguiba
- Deadpool (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Deadpool (Hulk Vs.)
- Deadpool (Marvel)
- Deadpool (X-Men Movies)
- Declan (Into the Badlands)
- Decoe and Bocoe
- Dee Dee (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- Dee Dee (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
- Deep Cut
- Deirdre Kendrick
- Deliria (Zula Patrol)
- Demencia
- Demons (Disgaea)
- Dennis "Denny" Rickman Jr.
- Devil (Storyteller)
- Devil Memetchi
- Di Lung
- Diamond Tiara
- Dick Dastardly (Hanna-Barbera)
- Dick Pickens
- Diesel (Thomas & Friends)
- Diesel 10
- Dirty Dog (Cool Cat)
- Discord (Hercules and Xena)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Doctor Zachary Smith
- Doggle
- Dokuro Mitsukai
- Dolph Starbeam
- Don (Barbie)
- Donald P. Sinclair
- Donbalon
- DoodleBob
- Dorapin
- Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Doubtful Guest
- Dr. Eggman (Classic)
- Dr. Eggman (Sonic Boom)
- Dr. Eggman (Sonic X)
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Dr. Neo Cortex
- Dr. Spam
- Dr. Two-Brains
- Dr. Weird
- Dracmon
- Dreamcatcher
- Drop Dead Fred
- Dru Gru
- Duke Weaselton
- Duncan (Total Drama)
- Dwight Schrute
- Ebenezer Scrooge Puppet
- Eddie Guerrero
- Eddie the Catfish
- Edgar and Ellen
- El Porkador
- Elda
- Elletear Lou Nebulis IX
- Ellie Rose
- Emerald Sustrai (RWBY Chibi)
- Enchantress (Marvel)
- Enemy B-Robots
- Engen
- Entity (Skinamarink)
- Entrapta (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Eric Cartman
- Escargoon
- Eustace Bagge
- Evander
- Evil 80's Mouse
- Evil Arthur
- Evil Bratt
- Evil Living Halloween Decorations
- Evil Serious Sam Clone
- Exer Campbell
- Experimental Population
- Ezekiel (Total Drama)
- Face Raiders
- Faeries (SCP Foundation)
- Fairies (folklore)
- Fake Frank
- Fat Cat Burglar
- Fat Pig
- Father Julius
- Felix the Fish
- Felonious Gru
- Ferdinand (Tom & Jerry)
- Fergus (101 Dalmatian Street)
- Fifth-Dimensional Imps
- Fire Imps
- Fish (Fish n Chips)
- Flighty Fairy
- Flintheart Glomgold (DuckTales 2017)
- Flip
- Flippy (Jimmy Neutron)
- Flumpty's Gang
- Flybot Sally
- Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Foamy the Squirrel
- Four (Battle for Dream Island)
- Fox (Baby Huey)
- Francine Carruthers
- Francis (Paper Mario)
- Francis Buxton
- Frank (Dhar Mann)
- Fred Fuchs
- French-Canadian Crows
- Frill (Wonder Egg Priority)
- Funtime Freddy (Fazbear Frights)
- Future Mordecai (Regular Show: The Movie)
- Gaku
- Gamers Against Weed
- Gamesmaster (G.I. Joe)
- Ganirun
- Gazai Gamma
- Generic Tree Ninjas
- Gengar (Pokémon)
- Genie of the Lamp
- George Costanza
- Ghosts (Cars)
- Ghosts (Club Penguin)
- Ghosts (Dwarf Fortress)
- Ghosts (folklore)
- Ghosts (Pac-Man)
- Giant Walrus
- GIR
- Giroro
- Glitch Gremlin
- Gloomius Maximus
- Gloopets
- Gloxinia
- Gluttony
- Goblins (D&D)
- Goblins (folklore)
- Goblins (Rainbow Magic)
- Goblins (Tales of Arcadia)
- Golf Ball
- Grabbing Goblin
- Grapefruit
- Greebles
- Green Globs
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- Gremlins (Dwarf Fortress)
- Gremlins (folklore)
- Gremlins (Gremlins)
- Greta (Gremlins)
- Grey (Larva)
- Gruntilda
- Gupta
- Gus Turner
- Gwen Batterbie
- Halaster Blackcloak
- Hamburglar
- Han Fu
- Hank Evans
- Hank the Hornet
- Happy Frog
- Harley Quinn (Arkhamverse)
- Harley Quinn (DC Animated Universe)
- Harley Quinn (DC Super Hero Girls 2019 Series)
- Harley Quinn (DC)
- Harley Quinn (The Lego Batman Movie)
- Harry and Marv (Home Alone)
- Harry Wormwood
- Haruna Kurodate
- Heavy Magician
- Hecatia Lapislazuli
- Heep
- Heinz Doofenshmirtz
- Henrietta Savernake
- Henry Stickmin
- Herbert the Pervert
- Hide and Seeker
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- Hiisi
- Hikone Ubuginu
- Hinako Ninomiya
- Hobgoblins (Hobgoblins)
- Hobo (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Holli Would
- Homer Simpson (Reaper Madness)
- Horrid Henry
- Human Body Specimen Org
- Hunter De Vil
- Hyena Clan